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.\"      Date: 10/06/2013
.\"    Manual: Libmodbus Manual
.\"    Source: libmodbus 3.0.4
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.TH "MODBUS_NEW_RTU" "3" "10/06/2013" "libmodbus 3\&.0\&.4" "Libmodbus Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
modbus_new_rtu \- create a libmodbus context for RTU
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBmodbus_t *modbus_new_rtu(const char *\fR\fB\fIdevice\fR\fR\fB, int \fR\fB\fIbaud\fR\fR\fB, char \fR\fB\fIparity\fR\fR\fB, int \fR\fB\fIdata_bit\fR\fR\fB, int \fR\fB\fIstop_bit\fR\fR\fB);\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The \fImodbus_new_rtu()\fR function shall allocate and initialize a modbus_t structure to communicate in RTU mode on a serial line\&.
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The \fIdevice\fR argument specifies the name of the serial port handled by the OS, eg\&. \fI/dev/ttyS0\fR or \fI/dev/ttyUSB0\fR\&. On Windows, it\(cqs necessary to prepend COM name with \fI\e\e\&.\e\fR for COM number greater than 9, eg\&. \fI\e\e\e\e\&.\e\eCOM10\fR\&. See \m[blue]\fBhttp://msdn\&.microsoft\&.com/en\-us/library/aa365247(v=vs\&.85)\&.aspx\fR\m[] for details
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The \fIbaud\fR argument specifies the baud rate of the communication, eg\&. 9600, 19200, 57600, 115200, etc\&.
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The \fIparity\fR argument can have one of the following values
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The \fIdata_bits\fR argument specifies the number of bits of data, the allowed values are 5, 6, 7 and 8\&.
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The \fIstop_bits\fR argument specifies the bits of stop, the allowed values are 1 and 2\&.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The \fImodbus_new_rtu()\fR function shall return a pointer to a \fBmodbus_t\fR structure if successful\&. Otherwise it shall return NULL and set errno to one of the values defined below\&.
.SH "ERRORS"
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\fBEINVAL\fR
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An invalid argument was given\&.
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.SH "EXAMPLE"
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modbus_t *ctx;

ctx = modbus_new_rtu("/dev/ttyUSB0", 115200, \*(AqN\*(Aq, 8, 1);
if (ctx == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Unable to create the libmodbus context\en");
    return \-1;
}
.fi
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBmodbus_new_tcp\fR(3) \fBmodbus_free\fR(3)
.SH "AUTHORS"
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The libmodbus documentation was written by St\('ephane Raimbault <\m[blue]\fBstephane\&.raimbault@gmail\&.com\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2>
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
stephane.raimbault@gmail.com
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\%mailto:stephane.raimbault@gmail.com
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